Our tutorial will show you how to make chia seed jam at home. It requires 10 minutes and 5 ingredients. Feel free to use any fresh or frozen fruit or any sweetener you have on hand.
Most store-bought jams are full of refined sugar and other nasty ingredients, and those that are healthy and made with natural ingredients are usually expensive, so I prefer to make chia jam at home.
I’m in love with this ridiculously easy recipe and it just requires 5 ingredients! Besides, by using the gelling power of chia seeds we can transform 2 cups of fresh or frozen fruit into a delicious jam in just 10 minutes. Traditional jams contain an amount of sugar, but not this one.
You can use any fresh or frozen juicy fruit (depending on what’s in season or the fruit you have on hand) and also any sweetener, although my favorite combo is raspberries/blueberries + maple syrup.
We’ve been enjoying this jam with our gluten-free bread and some homemade peanut butter, but you can use it as any other jam to make all kinds of recipes.
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How To Make Chia Seed Jam
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 5 mins
- Total: 10 mins
- 1 cup or 16 tbsp 1x
- Breakfast
- Vegan
Servings 1 cup or 16 tbsp 1x
Our tutorial will show you how to make chia seed jam at home. It requires 10 minutes and 5 ingredients. Feel free to use any fresh or frozen fruit or any sweetener you have on hand.
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh raspberries (250 g) or any other fresh or frozen fruit
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp chia seeds
- 3 tbsp maple or agave syrup
Instructions
- Add raspberries and water to a saucepan and cook over medium-hight heat for about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Use a fork or potato masher to mash the raspberries to your desired consistency.
- Add lemon juice, chia seeds and syrup. Stir and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Then taste and add more syrup if needed.
- Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes (it will thicken considerably as it cools).
- Stir the jam one more time and serve immediately, or keep it in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Notes
- Recipe adapted from Gimme Some Oven.
- Feel free to use any sweetener you have on hand.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 27
- Sugar: 2.9 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 5.2 g
- Fiber: 1.7 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
Could I strain this for a seedless option?
Hi! Feel free not to use seeds 🙂
how can this recipe have longer shelf life?
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Hi Marisa! I’m so sorry, but I can’t help you. I’ve only made the recipe this way 🙂
Super simple and delicious! I used this jam to make thumbprint cookies.
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Hi Evelyn! So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Absolutely delicious. Made the Jane using raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. Perfect amount of sweet and sharp. 🙂
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Hi Daisy! Thanks a lot 🙂 So glad you liked it!
Don’t know chia seeds have to sit in the fridge for 15 minutes first?
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Hi Nick! You just need to folllow the recipe 🙂
Hi, can I use Splenda instead of Agave or other?
Hi Dinah! I’ve never tried it, so I’m not sure, but I think so.
thanks for providing an alternative to the use of butter in creaming my bread.I would try this at home
Hi Dannie! You’re so welcome 🙂 Hope you like it!
Totally agree with you guys ! The best and most easy to follow vegan blog
Hi Jyoti! Thank you so much 🙂 Have a nice week!
AGREED with the above comment. The best thing for me is the simple ingredients. I already have all these things already in my kitchen. Thanks for these GREAT ideas.
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Hi Regina! You’re so welcome 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
Hi guys.
I just want to say that this is the best vegan blog I’ve ever seen. You have no idea the huge influence you have on what – and how – I cook. Your recipes are always so simple, so minimalist, and so fantastic! You should have a YouTube channel to feature those recipes. It would explode, I guarantee it.
Love and light. 💚
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Hi Alexandre! Thank YOU so much for your kind words, you made my day 😀 Have a great week!